WORMS. 107 



Should there be any appearance of fever, 

 or should the horse appear to feel pain when 

 the loins are pressed upon, it is probable that 

 the kidnej's are inflamed. In such cases 

 the ball would be improper. (See Inflammation 

 of the Kidneys^ page 60.) 



Worms. 



There are three kinds of worms found in 

 horses. The most common and mischievous 

 reside in the stomach, and are named hots. 

 They are of a reddish colour, and seldom 

 exceed three quarters of an inch in length. At 

 one extremity they have two small hooks, by 

 wdiich thev attach themselves, and the bellv 

 seems to be covered with very small feet : 

 they are most frequently found adhering to 

 the insensible coat of the stomach, and then 

 they do not appear to cause any considerable 

 uneasiness or inconvenience. Sometimes, how- 

 ever, they attach themselves to the sensible 

 part, and do great injury to this important 

 organ, keeping up a constant irritation, and 

 thereby occasioning emaciation, a rough staring 

 coat, hidebound, and a cough. I have met 

 with several instances of their destrovino[ 



